The full-length semi-final and final of the 2014 WDSF PD Super GrandPrix Moscow danced on 25 October at the Crocus Expo.
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34 couples had travelled to the Latvian capital Riga to contest the world title in DanceSport's decathlon. The 2014 World Ten Dance determined the successors to Bjoern Bitsch and Ashli Williamson, DEN, the couple that dominated the discipline over the past three years but focuses exclusively on Standard these days. Last year in Vienna, AUT, Bjoern and Ashli prevailed only very narrowly over the runners-up Miha Vodičar – Nadiya Bychkova, SLO, after Rule 11 was invoked. Earlier this year - at the European Ten Dance in Cambrils, ESP - the Slovenians were edged out by Jaak Vainomaa – Taina Savikurki, FIN, in a tight fight for first. This World Ten Dance was the first one adjudicated with the Judging System 2.1. Rule 11 was no longer be needed to determine the champions. A 6-camera production covering the decisive stages of the World Ten Dance. With full graphics but without commentary. The 104-minute programme is made up of two (2) parts: the full-length semi-finall (1) and the full-length final (2). Unfortunately, the interviews that were recorded in Riga were accidentally deleted. © 2014 World DanceSport Federation - WDSF | All Rights Reserved Produced by the WDSF Communications team in collaboration with Latvian Television LTV, the Riga organisers and the Latvian DanceSport Federation. Music: Casa Musica - casa-musica-shop.de
The full-length semi-final and final of the 2014 World DanceSport Championship Latin danced on 5 October at the ČEZ Aréna in Ostrava, CZE. An exceptional crowd at the fabulous venue makes all the difference and creates the appropriate atmosphere for one of the best World Championships Latin ever! Italians Nino Langella and Khrystyna Moshenska set out to equal the feat of Franco Formica and Oksana Nikiforova, the Germans who are the only couple in WDSF history to win three consecutive World Latin Championships. That was over ten years ago! Judging System 2.1 gets used for the first time in a World Championship - with a formula that is slightly different from the one in GrandSlam competition: only two solo dances are performed in the final! An 8-camera production with full graphics and without commentary. Interviews with the protagonists and all the drama that played out in the "kiss & cry" zone. © 2014 World DanceSport Federation - WDSF | All Rights Reserved Produced by the WDSF Communications team in collaboration with CESKA TELEVIZE, the Czech Dance Open Organisers and the Czech DanceSport Federation. Music: Casa Musica casa-musica-shop.de
In the recent past, there hardly was another Latin competition as eagerly awaited as the inaugural leg of the 2015 GrandSlam Series in Helsinki, FIN. After two high-profile partnerships were dissolved in the wake of last year’s World Championship in Ostrava, CZE, the international Latin community had started to wonder: “Will they be back? Who with whom, when and where …?" Aniello Langella and Khrystyna Moshenska – the perennial dominators who won three World and two European titles, plus 14 GrandSlams altogether – decided to go their separate ways. Marius-Andrei Balan and Nina Bezzubova, finalists in all major competitions since 2012, ended their partnership at precisely the same time. What followed were two months of speculation and two more legs of the 2014 Series: Moscow plus the final showdown in Shanghai. Armen Tsaturyan - Svetlana Gudyno, RUS, who were second in Ostrava, won Moscow but lost the “finalissima” to Gabriele Goffredo - Anna Matus, MDA, just before Christmas. It was also then that facts started to replace rumours and that three new partnerships were officially announced: Nino Langella with Vera Bondareva for Italy, Khrystyna Moshenska with Marius-Andrei Balan for Germany, and Nina Bezzubova with Timur Imametdinov, also for Germany. The GrandSlam Latin Helsinki was the first big international outing for two of the new couples. Watch them as they go up against those who held the powers while they were realigning their careers! “For sure, it will be interesting to see the new couples,” said Gabriele Goffredo. “But nothing changes in the end: we need to focus on us.” No surprise that the competition was tighter than ever before! A 6-camera production with full graphics plus interviews with the protagonists! The 90-minute programme is made up of four parts: the full-length semi-final (1 · no commentary), interviews with the finalists (2), the full-length final (3 · no commentary), the interviews with two of the medallist couples (4). © 2015 World DanceSport Federation - WDSF | All Rights Reserved Produced by the WDSF Communications team in collaboration with Videpe Oy and the Finnish DanceSport Federation Music: Dave Benton and his Perfect Band WDSF GrandSlam Partner SWAROVSKI crystals.swarovski.com
The GrandSlam Standard Helsinki held everything that it had promised. It turned into the year’s first gathering of all the best couples. Only four in the top 20 of the World Ranking didn’t make it. It saw pretty much the same semi-finalists and finalists as the last two major competitions of 2014 – the World Standard in Vienna and the GrandSlam Final in Shanghai – and it produced results that were in line with those of the World Championship. The two top finishers, Simone Segatori – Annette Sudol, GER, and Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova, RUS, came within a few decimal points of outright duplicating their total scores. Only one ten made it to the scoreboard during the final: it was awarded to Segatori – Sudol for Movement to Music in the Quickstep. That was the dance that could have gone either way as Zharkov – Kulikova were only seven hundredths behind the Germans in the finally tally of points awarded for the four component. “It’s time to show our emotions and our feelings inside,” said Olga Kulikova just prior to the final. “Everything is already rehearsed before,” said Annette Sudol, "we’re just enjoying the final now.” Are these different words conveying an identical message? We let you be the judge. Watch the two couples as well as the ten others in the semi-final and final of the 2015 GrandSlam Standard Helsinki. A 6-camera production with full graphics plus interviews with the protagonists! The 90-minute programme is made up of four parts: the full-length semi-final (1 · no commentary), interviews with the finalists (2) the full-length final (3 · no commentary), the interviews with the three medallists (4). © 2015 World DanceSport Federation - WDSF | All Rights Reserved Produced by the WDSF Communications team in collaboration with Videpe Oy and the Finnish DanceSport Federation Music: Dave Benton and his Perfect Band WDSF GrandSlam Partner SWAROVSKI crystals.swarovski.com
As in every competition for over a year, Aniello Langella - Khrystyna Moshenska, ITA, are the favourites for first in Hong Kong too. Their last defeat dates back to April 2013, when they came in second to Andrey Zaytsev – Anna Kuminskaya, RUS, at the European Championship in Krasnodar, RUS. Nevertheless, several couples stand poised to stage the upset: Gabriele Goffredo - Anna Matus, MDA, seem to have overcome the inconsistency that had marred their results at some points in their career. Armen Tsaturyan - Svetlana Gudyno, RUS, Andrey Kiselev - Anastasia Kiseleva, RUS, Yury Simachev - Anastasia Klokotova, RUS, Stanislav Nikolaev - Elena Ziuziukina, RUS, have taken over from their fellow countrymen Imametdinov - Nikolaeva and Voronov - Imrekova to uphold Russia’s aspirations in the race for first. A 6-camera production with full graphics plus interviews with the protagonists. The 82-minute programme is made up of three (3) parts: the full-length final (1 · 52 minutes, no commentary), the interviews with the three medallists (2 · 3 minutes), the full-length semi-final (3 · 27 minutes, no commentary). © 2014 World DanceSport Federation - WDSF | All Rights Reserved Produced by the WDSF Communications team in collaboration with TVB Hong Kong and the Hong Kong DanceSport Federation. Music: Casa Musica - casa-musica-shop.de
83 couples representing 46 National Member Bodies entered the 2014 World Standard that was held at the Multiversum in Vienna-Schwechat on Saturday 15 November. The championship was eagerly anticipated by all as a "brand new" World Champion was to be declared. The 2013 Champions Emanuel Valeri and Tania Kehlet, DEN, had turned professional earlier in the year. Who were the favourites to become their successors? Two couples were mentioned most often by experts: Simone Segatori - Annette Sudol, GER, and Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova, RUS. A 6-camera production covering the decisive stages of the 2014 World Standard. With full graphics but without commentary. The 83-minute programme is made up of four (4) parts: the full-length semi-final (1), the interviews prior to the final (2), the full-length final (3) and the interviews with the medallists (4). © 2014 World DanceSport Federation - WDSF | All Rights Reserved Produced by the WDSF Communications team in collaboration with Austrian public broadcaster ORF, the Austrian Open organisers and the Austrian DanceSport Federation. Music: Casa Musica - casa-musica-shop.de
The second day of the GrandSlam Hong Kong brought five rounds of top-level Standard dancing to the Queen Elizabeth Stadium. 62 couples entered. Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova, RUS, had won the first GrandSlam leg of the year in Tallinn, EST. But their long-time opponents Simone Segatori - Annette Sudol, GER, were not there. So Hong Kong was the first encounter between two couples seeking to become the successors of Emanuel Valeri and Tania Kehlet, DEN, who turned professional immediately after the European Championship in Aarhus, DEN. A 6-camera production with full graphics plus interviews with the protagonists. The 82-minute programme is made up of three (3) parts: the full-length final (1 · 52 minutes, no commentary), the interviews with the three medallists (2 · 3 minutes), the full-length semi-final (3 · 27 minutes, no commentary). © 2014 World DanceSport Federation - WDSF | All Rights Reserved Produced by the WDSF Communications team in collaboration with TVB Hong Kong and the Hong Kong DanceSport Federation. Music: Casa Musica - casa-musica-shop.de
The top 12 couples in the 2014 GrandSlam Ranking Standard have qualified on the basis of their best three results in the regular legs of the Series to take part in the Standard Showdown in Shanghai. They have received a formal invitation to compete in the Series-ending Final for the highest purse of the year and all 12 have accepted. One wildcard couple from China joins them. Vasiliy Kirin - Ekaterina Prozorova, AUT Zhao Peng - Wang Qi, CHN Bjoern Bitsch - Ashli Williamson, DEN Simone Segatori - Annette Sudol, GER Anton Skuratov - Alena Uehlin , GER Francesco Galuppo - Debora Pacini, ITA Evaldas Sodeika - Ieva Zukauskaite, LTU Vaidotas Lacitis - Veronika Golodneva, LTU Giuseppe Longarini - Katazyna Kapral, POL Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova, RUS Alexey Glukhov - Anastasia Glazunova, RUS Vadim Shurin - Anastasia Mashkova, RUS Daniil Ulanov - Kateryna Isakovych, UKR A 6-camera production covering the decisive stages of the 2014 GrandSlam Standard Final. With full graphics and an English commentary over the final. The 91-minute programme is made up of four (4) parts: the full-length final (1 - narrated by Alex Warner), the interviews with the medallists (2), the full-length semi-final (3 - no commentary) and the interviews after the semi-final (4). © 2014 World DanceSport Federation - WDSF | All Rights Reserved Produced by the WDSF Communications team in collaboration with Russia 2, the Shanghai organisers and the Chinese DanceSport Federation. Music: Casa Musica - casa-musica-shop.de
The full-length semi-final and final of the 2014 WDSF PD World DanceSport Championship Standard danced on 1 November at the Nanjing University Gymnasium in Nanjing, CHN. The defending Professional World Champions Mirko Gozzoli and Edita Daniute entered this year's championship with the clear intent to pick up from where they left off in Bassano del Grappa, ITA, in 2013 and to bring their highly successful active career to a befitting conclusion. The first Professional Division World Championship ever held in Asia brought the three contenders for the 2014 title to the floor for a final face-off between them. Benedetto Ferrugia and Claudia Koehler as well as Emanuel Valeri and Tania Kehlet stood poised to take over from Gozzoli and Daniute... Why wait until next year? A 6-camera production covering the decisive stages of the PD World Standard. With full graphics but without commentary. The 87-minute programme is made up of four (4) parts: the full-length semi-finall (1), flash interviews after the semi-final (2), the full-length final (3) and the interviews with the medallists (4). © 2014 World DanceSport Federation - WDSF | All Rights Reserved Produced by the WDSF Communications team in collaboration with the Nanjing organisers and the Chinese DanceSport Federation. Music: Casa Musica - casa-musica-shop.de
The decisive stages of the 2014 GrandSlam Latin in Wuhan, CHN, danced on 13 September at the Sports Centre Arena. It was GrandSlam win number 14 for the Italian couple Aniello Langella - Khrystyna Moshenska in Wuhan. In front of a huge crowd at the Sports Centre arena, they had again the highest scores in all five dances and literally cruised to victory. What was different from one month ago in Stuttgart, GER, was how the panel of judges awarded their points. While in the two German GrandSlams there were quite a few 10s for "outstanding" appearing in the graphics inserted over the "kiss & cry" shots, there were none shown in Latin here. Maybe the advice dispensed by experts at the Stuttgart Ajudicators' Congress has sunk in after all. Or maybe Nino and Khrystyna were indeed a little "rusty" after their summer vacation? You judge for yourself! An 8-camera production with full graphics, an English commentary - plus interviews with the protagonists and all the drama that played out in the "kiss & cry" zone. The 90-minute programme is made up of four (4) parts: the full-length final (1 · 56 minutes, narrated by Alex Warner), the interviews with the three medallists (2 · 3 minutes), the full-length semi-final (3 · 27 minutes, no commentary) and the interviews after the semi-final (4 · 2 minutes). © 2014 World DanceSport Federation - WDSF | All Rights Reserved Produced by the WDSF Communications team in collaboration with Hubei Sports TV, the Wuhan GrandSlam Organising Committee and the Chinese DanceSport Federation. This production would not have been possible without the generous support of BD Dance, the makers of fine dance shoes - bddance.com Music: Casa Musica - casa-musica-shop.de
The full-length semi-final and final of the 2014 GrandSlam Standard in Stuttgart, GER, danced on 16 August at the Beethoven Hall. The programme starts with the final, the semi-final follows it - without commentary. The rivalry is served in the third leg of the 2014 GrandSlam Standard Series too. One win each went to the account of Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova, RUS, and Simone Segatori - Annette Sudol, GER, so far. Here in Stuttgart, the German couple gets to dance in front of a hometown crowd. But Dmitry and Olga know perfectly well that the Stuttgart public is not only one of the most knowledgeable, it is also the fairest in all of DanceSport. A 5-camera production with full graphics, an English commentary - plus interviews with the protagonists and all the drama that played out in the "kiss & cry" zone. © 2014 World DanceSport Federation - WDSF | All Rights Reserved Produced by the WDSF Communications team in collaboration with Southwest Broadcasting SWR and the organisers of the German Open DanceSport Championships Music: Boris Myagkov Big Band
The decisive stages of the 2014 GrandSlam Standard in Wuhan, CHN, danced on 14 September at the Sports Centre Arena. The 2014 GrandSlam Standard Wuhan final lived up to the highest expectations of all those who appreciate DanceSport performed as close to perfection as is achievable, those who rally for their favourite couple, and those who generally appreciate a tight fight on the floor. Maybe the scores weren't as high as one month ago in Stuttgart, but the winners saw three 10s going up after three different dances. Cheering was very liberally dispensed by spectators who seemed to support all finalists in a fairly equitable ratio. And when the smoke of the battle had dispersed after the fifth dance, a Quickstep, the margin of victory was a mere 1.27 points! An 8-camera production with full graphics, an English commentary - plus interviews with the protagonists and all the drama that played out in the "kiss & cry" zone. The 90-minute programme is made up of four (4) parts: the full-length final (1 · 56 minutes, narrated by Alex Warner), the interviews with the three medallists (2 · 3 minutes), the full-length semi-final (3 · 27 minutes, no commentary) and the interviews after the semi-final (4 · 3 minutes). © 2014 World DanceSport Federation - WDSF | All Rights Reserved Produced by the WDSF Communications team in collaboration with Hubei Sports TV, the Wuhan GrandSlam Organising Committee and the Chinese DanceSport Federation. This production would not have been possible without the generous support of BD Dance, the makers of fine dance shoes - bddance.com Music: Casa Musica - casa-musica-shop.de
The full-length semi-final and final of the 2014 WDSF PD Super GrandPrix Standard in Stuttgart, GER, that was danced on 12 August at the Beethoven Hall. Emanuel Valeri and Tania Kehlet, DEN, are the two rookie professionals who go up against strong competition at this year's PD Super GrandPrix Standard in Stuttgart, GER. It's one couple in particular whom they know to perfection from doing battle with in the past: second-year pros Benedetto Ferruggia and Claudia Koehler, GER. And then there is another: Mirko Gozzoli and Edita Daniute, LTU, the winners in 2013. What the three couples have in common is that at one point in their careers they were the WDSF World Champions. What separates them are their distinctively different styles of dancing Standard. A 4-camera production with full graphics, an English commentary - plus interviews with the protagonists and all the drama that played out in the "kiss & cry" zone. © 2014 World DanceSport Federation - WDSF | All Rights Reserved Produced by the WDSF Communications team in collaboration with Schawa TV and the organisers of the German Open DanceSport Championships Music: Boris Myagkov Big Band
The full-length semi-final and final of the 2014 WDSF PD Super GrandPrix Latin in Stuttgart, GER, that was danced on 14 August at the Beethoven Hall. Two years ago, Andrey Zaytsev won the GrandSlam in Stuttgart together with former partner Anna Kuzminskaya. In 2014 he returns to the floor at the Beethoven Hall with his new partner Elizaveta Cherevichnaya – and as a rookie professional. In the WDSF PD Super GrandPrix Latin he goes up against 59 couples. Among them are Martino Zanibellato and Michelle Abildtrup, the current PD World Champions. Even though the two had never beaten Andrey prior to turning professional last year, they are the favourites here and now. A 4-camera production with full graphics, an English commentary - plus interviews with the protagonists and all the drama that played out in the "kiss & cry" zone. © 2014 World DanceSport Federation - WDSF | All Rights Reserved Produced by the WDSF Communications team in collaboration with Schawa TV and the organisers of the German Open DanceSport Championships Music: Boris Myagkov Big Band
The full-length semi-final and final of the 2014 GrandSlam Latin in Stuttgart, GER, danced on 15 August at the Beethoven Hall. The programme starts with the final, the semi-final follows it - without commentary. The outcome was as predictable as always. But the expert public at the Beethoven Hall enjoyed every second of the semi-final and final in the 2014 GrandSlam Latin Stuttgart. A very inspired Aniello Langella and Khrystyna Moshenska, ITA, were again awarded 10s by the panel of adjudicators and made it their victory number 13. But perfection was found elsewhere too! With their final Paso Doble, Charles-Guillaume Schmitt and Elena Salikhova, FRA, swept the 4,000 spectators off their seats - for a standing ovation of more than a minute! A 5-camera production with full graphics, an English commentary - plus interviews with the protagonists and all the drama that played out in the "kiss & cry" zone. © 2014 World DanceSport Federation - WDSF | All Rights Reserved Produced by the WDSF Communications team in collaboration with Southwest Broadcasting SWR and the organisers of the German Open DanceSport Championships Music: Boris Myagkov Big Band
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